All 13 Uses of
inquire
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- Mr Shepherd hastened to assure him, that Admiral Croft was a very hale, hearty, well-looking man, a little weather-beaten, to be sure, but not much, and quite the gentleman in all his notions and behaviour; not likely to make the smallest difficulty about terms, only wanted a comfortable home, and to get into it as soon as possible; knew he must pay for his convenience; knew what rent a ready-furnished house of that consequence might fetch; should not have been surprised if Sir Walter had asked more; had inquired about the manor; would be glad of the deputation, certainly, but made no great point of it; said he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed; quite the gentleman.†
Chpt 3inquired = asked about or looked into
- Anne said what was proper, and enquired after her husband.†
Chpt 5 *enquired = asked about or looked intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquired more commonly.
- It was an afternoon of distress, and Anne had every thing to do at once; the apothecary to send for, the father to have pursued and informed, the mother to support and keep from hysterics, the servants to control, the youngest child to banish, and the poor suffering one to attend and soothe; besides sending, as soon as she recollected it, proper notice to the other house, which brought her an accession rather of frightened, enquiring companions, than of very useful assistants.†
Chpt 7enquiring = asking about or looking intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquiring more commonly.
- He had inquired after her, she found, slightly, as might suit a former slight acquaintance, seeming to acknowledge such as she had acknowledged, actuated, perhaps, by the same view of escaping introduction when they were to meet.†
Chpt 7inquired = asked about or looked into
- He had enquired after her, she found, particularly; had expressed his hope of Miss Elliot's not being the worse for her exertions, and had spoken of those exertions as great.†
Chpt 13enquired = asked about or looked intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquired more commonly.
- Anne enquired after Captain Benwick, Mary's face was clouded directly.†
Chpt 14
- This was Sir Walter and Elizabeth's share of interest in the letter; when Mrs Clay had paid her tribute of more decent attention, in an enquiry after Mrs Charles Musgrove, and her fine little boys, Anne was at liberty.†
Chpt 18
- Anne did not receive the perfect conviction which the Admiral meant to convey, but it would have been useless to press the enquiry farther.†
Chpt 18
- How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth; and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his for ever.†
Chpt 21
- "Nay," said Anne, "I have no particular enquiry to make about her.†
Chpt 21
- It was a great object to her to escape all enquiry or eclat; but it was her intention to be as decidedly cool to him as might be compatible with their relationship; and to retrace, as quietly as she could, the few steps of unnecessary intimacy she had been gradually led along.†
Chpt 22
- The careless expression was life to Anne, who saw that Captain Wentworth was all attention, looking and listening with his whole soul; and that the last words brought his enquiring eyes from Charles to herself.†
Chpt 22enquiring = asking about or looking intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquiring more commonly.
- He enquired after you very particularly; asked even if you were personally altered, little suspecting that to my eye you could never alter.†
Chpt 23enquired = asked about or looked intounconventional spelling: This is the more common British spelling. Americans use inquired more commonly.
Definition:
to ask about or look into something